{"id":28185,"date":"2026-05-11T16:07:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/binance-leans-on-100-ai-models-to-block-10-53b-in-risky-funds\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T16:07:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:07:42","slug":"binance-leans-on-100-ai-models-to-block-10-53b-in-risky-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/binance-leans-on-100-ai-models-to-block-10-53b-in-risky-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Binance leans on 100+ AI models to block $10.53B in risky funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Binance recasts AI as core security infrastructure, saying 24+ initiatives and 100+ models have blocked $10.53B in risky funds from 2025 through Q1 2026.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_fb8bc27fcad397130f49b48287d3f0bc\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Binance says it now runs more than 24 AI security programs powered by over 100 AI models that have collectively blocked $10.53 billion in risky user funds from 2025 through Q1 2026.<\/li>\n<li>In Q1 2026 alone, the exchange intercepted 22.9 million scam and phishing attempts, safeguarding $1.98 billion, as AI-driven threat detection becomes core infrastructure for centralized crypto platforms.<\/li>\n<li>Binance\u2019s systems have slashed phishing success rates eightfold, cut illicit fund exposure by 96%, and boosted KYC processing throughput by 100x, even as AI makes attacks cheaper and more scalable.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>Binance\u2019s latest security report portrays artificial intelligence not as a feature but as the backbone of its fraud defenses, with the company saying it has \u201cset up 24+ AI initiatives across compliance, with 100+ AI models powering anti-fraud controls.\u201d According to a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.binance.com\/en\/research\/projects\/ai-powered-crypto-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Binance Research<\/a>\u00a0paper, these systems have \u201creduced illicit fund exposure by 96%,\u201d with a custom risk engine called Strategy Factory continuously recombining rules and machine-learning models to flag abnormal behavior at login, trading and withdrawal stages.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Binance turns AI into security infrastructure<\/h2>\n<p>The numbers in the report underscore the scale. In fiscal year 2025, ending November 2025, Binance says its enhanced detection systems blocked $6.69 billion in fraud and scam attempts, blacklisted 36,000 addresses and issued more than 9,600 real-time pop\u2011up warnings each day. From 2025 through Q1 2026, the exchange estimates it cumulatively \u201cprevented $10.53B in user losses,\u201d a figure echoed in a separate\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/binance\/status\/2050591201816887713\">Binance<\/a>\u00a0social post that framed AI as \u201cinfrastructure\u201d after intercepting 22.9 million threats in Q1 2026 alone.<\/p>\n<p>In Q1 2026, Binance\u2019s systems stopped 22.9 million scam and phishing attempts, up 54% quarter\u2011on\u2011quarter and 209% year\u2011on\u2011year, and safeguarded about $1.98 billion in user funds. The company notes that while this represented a 7% year\u2011on\u2011year increase in funds protected, it was down 30% quarter\u2011on\u2011quarter, a trend it attributes to \u201cseasonal dynamics\u201d such as holiday spending cycles that temporarily alter scam exposure. A Facebook post summarizing the data highlighted \u201c100+ live AI models,\u201d a phishing rate \u201cdown: 3.2% \u2192 0.4% (8x),\u201d and more than 4,000 users recovered per month as examples of what \u201cAI at scale looks like.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ai-arms-race-in-crypto-security\">AI arms race in crypto security<\/h2>\n<p>Binance\u2019s security team also stresses that attackers are moving just as fast. In a related\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.binance.com\/en\/square\/post\/320538189353569\">Binance<\/a>\u00a0commentary, researchers conclude that \u201cAI is currently 2x better at exploitation than detection,\u201d warning that AI-powered exploits cost around $1.22 per smart contract and are projected to get 22% cheaper every two months. That asymmetry, they argue, is pushing 75% of financial institutions to increase AI spending on financial crime detection as crypto exchanges and banks confront the same wave of deepfake KYC attempts, hyper\u2011realistic phishing and automated credential stuffing.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<p>On the defensive side, Binance points to its KYC Face Attack and Liveness Detection models, which it says are continuously updated to counter \u201cphysical masks, static photo spoofing, deepfake video and synthetic face swaps,\u201d and claims AI has delivered a 100x increase in KYC processing throughput. In a broader industry context, a\u00a0crypto.news\u00a0report on AI-enabled fraud summarized how JPMorgan\u2019s AI systems helped prevent an estimated $1.5 billion in losses, while Binance\u2019s AI stack has blocked over $10.5 billion since 2025, framing the exchange\u2019s latest report as part of a wider AI security arms race rather than an isolated upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Binance recasts AI as core security infrastructure, saying 24+ initiatives and 100+ models have blocked $10.53B in risky funds from 2025 through Q1 2026. 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